This article was originally written for FirstGenerationStudent.com, now a part of ImFirst.org. Confucius, the well-known Chinese philosopher, once said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is the noblest; second, by imitation,...

Hi guys, I just wanted to follow up with the second and final part of this blog. As you may have read, the end of my Freshman year in college wasn’t the best, I failed a course and the rest of my grades weren’t the greatest. As a result, I lost my Trinity...

Once you are a teenager and you have graduated from high school, you sort of get the feel that you can no longer depend upon your parents entirely. The asking for money question becomes a problem, and the eagerness or need to buy your own things without a job, is...

As my first year comes to a close, I realize there have been too many opportunities I have not taken to leave things I did not want to do. Example: I came in totally thinking I was going to be a mechanical engineering, and going to a liberal arts college meant that...

As first generation college students, we often are forced into maturity at an age much younger than many other people. There are hurdles and struggles that we have overcome only by seeing life through the eyes of an adult, and as such, we’ve learned to be flexible,...